(Miranda exhales loudly)
- The moment we've been waiting for is finally here.
(lively music)
I don't know if you remember this super tiny sketchbook
that we did a couple of drawings in a couple months ago.
It's time to bring this back, it really is.
So a fun story, I actually had to wait to do this video
because my sister-in-law, Sheila, makes these by hand.
And she did a craft fair.
So I kind of had to time the video around that
so she wouldn't get overwhelmed
with fulfilling Etsy orders and doing this craft fair.
But the craft fair is over
and she gave me the go ahead to do this video.
So here is this little sketchbook up close.
Let's open it up.
The clasp is really cool.
And then inside, we already did a couple pieces.
And this paper here is actually water color paper.
It is so nice.
And I just, I love the binding.
It is hand-sewn.
And I really like the stuff that Sheila makes in her shop.
And I'm just so proud of her
because one of the things that she is notorious for is
repurposing/up-cycling stuff
to make even cooler stuff.
For instance, we'll replay disc golf
and she'll gather sticks to use for her origami mobiles.
She told me she uses like leather scraps
to do these little sketchbooks.
Anyway, I could go on about her stuff all day.
So I will link her shop below,
and, yeah, you should check it out.
With that being said, we should dive right into this,
make some fun art and,
I don't know, see what tiny things
we can even create with this.
Ooh, I'm so excited.
I think I already know what I wanna do first,
but we'll see.
We'll see.
Okay, so I think it would be fun to bust out the Sharpies
because I have not used these in a really long time.
Ooh, I have to go in order.
Almost skipped a page.
(lively music)
Okay, so far it looks like not a lot is happening.
However, these Sharpies are super cool
because they have their own stand-holder.
I found them on clearance. (laughs)
Let's take this purple Sharpie
and do some really fun, like zentangly art.
(upbeat music)
So something you're gonna see in this video
is I'm going to start with simpler drawings and paintings
like this one here.
And then as we get farther into the video,
you're gonna notice that the pieces of art
in this tiny sketchbook
are gonna get more detailed and complicated.
So we're kinda like building up to the big stuff,
but it's actually the little stuff
'cause this is a little sketchbook.
Let's talk about this piece here.
So as you can see, it is just two colors.
I'm keeping it super simple.
And this one is just a simple zentangle.
I basically did a bunch of little lines
and they're intertwining and swirling about.
And it's kinda creating this really cool effect
that looks like an illusion.
But the thing here with this is it was really easy to make.
I think I spent less than 10 minutes on it,
which is kinda cool. (laughs)
(intriguing music)
So this one here may seem familiar to some of you.
And that's because we did this idea
in my last "Sketchbook Ideas" video.
But I wanted to try it with Sharpies this time
and a colorful background.
And I thought it looked really cool on a small scale.
Now we need to brainstorm what to do for the next one.
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So now that we started off with something relatively easy,
let's work our way up to harder things
and hopefully it gets better as we go. (laughs)
We'll find out!
So for this one, we have our lovely paint brushes
and this water color set here from Arteza.
(gentle music)
Ooh, beautiful.
Look at all those colors.
It's like opening a tin full of joy
and seeing a rainbow stare back at you.
I like it.
Anyway, let's see what we can make with this.
I have a fun idea.
Wow, this is a very handmade sort of video
because I just realized I'm using a handmade sketchbook
from my sister-in-law
and I'm drinking out of a handmade mug from my friend Alex.
As always, it is coffee.
Okay, so what I wanna do is paint something really cool.
So for this piece here, I was super inspired by nature
and I decided to bust out my water colors
and test this tiny sketchbook paper
for what it was made for.
So as I said before, this is water color paper.
And I just thought it was so fun to paint a tiny mushroom
on this tiny page in the paper held up so well.
All the colors just seemed really pigmented
and everything worked out great.
So we have this little scene here.
Let's keep going.
Okay, so now I wanna do some fun little details
on top of this.
We're just using all kinds of supplies today, guys.
I have like the earthier colors laid down right now
but I might plot twist this a little bit.
I don't know, we'll find out.
I wanna do a little bit of pink in this mushroom here.
At this point here,
I just took so much creative liberty,
added tons of detail with other art supplies.
And I really enjoyed this part
because I could add like purples and oranges
and just create so many vibrant little areas.
And it made this little scene feel so magical.
(intriguing music)
This one was really fun.
Honestly, I kinda doubted myself going through this one
because I was like, "I'm literally just drawing a mushroom.
This will probably be really boring."
But I don't know, something about this being on a tiny page
just makes it feel charming.
(intriguing music)
All right, so for this one, we're bumping stuff up a notch
and we're gonna revisit my animals in clothing series
that I did a long time ago.
Every now and then I dip back into it.
But another cat because it's really fun
to paint cats wearing clothing, for some reason.
I don't know, you should try it if you haven't.
It's really enjoyable.
I decided to make him
wearing a very formal outfit.
So you'll notice
that he's a very sophisticated-looking cat.
And I really enjoy just giving this cat a flare
of personality and trying to imagine,
like what would this cat's occupation be.
I think he would be a professor of some sort,
like a law professor or an anthropology professor.
That's kind of what it reminded me of. (laughs)
But I did this piece using gouache paint.
And I really enjoyed trying to convey something like this
on such a tiny page.
I still tried to add some detail but not go overboard.
I think the limited color palette also really helped,
because with a tiny page like this,
yeah, I didn't wanna be overwhelming.
Here's our cat wearing a fancy, swanky outfit.
(slow upbeat music)
Since we were already using the gouache paint,
I decided to continue because the pages were just holding up
so beautifully with the watercolor in the gouache.
So here I decided to do a full-page spread.
And this full-page spread is going to be an entire scene.
So I was really excited about that
because I have not done a full spread yet
in this little sketchbook.
So, let's see how it goes.
(slow upbeat music)
Now, my real motive for creating this scene
was I wanted to do a purply sky
with a bunch of clouds in it,
and I really enjoyed this one.
And I just thought it was really fun
to stretch it across, as I said,
and create this spread with two pages.
And it kind of made the page feel a little bit bigger
in this tiny little sketchbook.
But yeah, I really enjoyed this one.
(lighthearted music)
I think it would be fun to do a fifth drawing/painting
in this sketchbook for today.
We started with this one and then we kinda worked our way up
to some more complicated things.
But I wanna try something pretty cool
for the final page.
We're just gonna keep using this squash
because I'm enjoying it.
So with the last painting we did, we did a full-page spread
and I loved that.
So, because I said in this video
we're starting with simple pieces
and working our way to harder ones,
I decided to save the best for last and do the hardest piece
at the end of the video.
So I took that idea and did the full-page spread again.
However, if you've been following my channel for a while,
you know that I am so passionate about painting water.
It is this thing
that I've just become so enamored with lately.
And so much of my content has become flowers and water
'cause I'm just diving into the things that I really love
as an artist.
And yeah, I wanted to convey this on a tiny page,
see if I could actually do it with this spread,
the challenge of having the crease
in the middle of both pages,
can I make these water ripples flow over that crease?
And it was very challenging and very time-consuming.
It took a lot of layering.
However, it was so rewarding to do this.
And I feel like these tiny water paintings like this
are such great practice for larger paintings later.
(lighthearted music)
This last one was really enjoyable.
I'm so glad we just went for it and did a full-page spread.
And honestly, this entire video was just really fun.
I like that we started off with easier stuff
and then we worked our way up to harder pictures.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this fun,
doodley, lighthearted sort of video.
Every now and then, I think it's fun
just to do smaller projects like this,
because usually when you see this kind of stuff,
it means I'm gearing up to do a big project.
That's all I will say right. (laughs)
Later, alligators.
See you next week.
Bye.